France is the 6th largest export economy in the world. In 2016, France exported $485B and imported $540B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $54.9B. In 2016 the GDP of France was $2.47T and its GDP per capita was $41.5k.

Exports

In 2016 France exported $485B, making it the 6th largest exporter in the world. During the last five years the exports of France have decreased at an annualized rate of -1.043%, from $574B in 2011 to $485B in 2016. The most recent exports are led by Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft which represent 9.3% of the total exports of France, followed by Packaged Medicaments, which account for 4.67%.

Imports

In 2016 France imported $540B, making it the 6th largest importer in the world. During the last five years the imports of France have decreased at an annualized rate of -1.85%, from $692B in 2011 to $540B in 2016. The most recent imports are led by Cars which represent 5.86% of the total imports of France, followed by Crude Petroleum, which account for 3.31%.

Origins

Economic Complexity of France

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported and can be used to predict the evolution of a country’s export structure.

France exports 444 products with revealed comparative advantage (meaning that its share of global exports is larger than what would be expected from the size of its export economy and from the size of a product’s global market).